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THE 


UN1VER5ITY 


CLUB 


1892 


THE  UNIVERSITY  CLUB 

1422  CURTIS  STREET 
DENVER 


CARSON, HURST  &   HARPER 

ART  PRINTERS 

DENVER 


Director?,  1 89 1 


*CHARLES  W.  BADGLEY 

WILLIAM  R.  BARBOUR 

ALLAN  M.  CULVER 

GEORGE  Z.  DIMMITT 

CHARLES  R.  DUDLEY 

EDWIN  N.  HAWKINS 

JOHN  L.  JEROME 

HERMAN  C.  JOY 

HENRY  F.  MAY 

OSCAR  J.  PFEIFFER 

HENRY  T.  ROGERS 

R.  HEBER  SMITH 
CHARLES  H.  TOLL 


*Elected  March  igth,  1891,  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the 
resignation  of  Lambert  Sternbergh. 


Officer?,  1891 


HENRY  T.  ROGERS 


JOHN  L.  JEROME 


EDWIN  N.  HAWKINS 


ALLAN  M.  CULVER 
*HERMAN  C.  JOY 


*Elected  September  ist,  1891,  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the 
resignation  of  Allan  M.  Culver 


Directory,  1 891-1892 


To  serv*  until  October,  1892 

CHARLES  W.  BADGLEY 

MOSES  HALLETT 

CHARLES  J.  HUGHES,  JR. 

JOHN  L.  JEROME 

CHARLES  H.  TOLL 

To  serv*  until  October,   1893 

CHARLES  R.  DUDLEY 

JEREMIAH  T.  ESKRIDGE 

EDWIN  N.  HAWKINS 

HENRY  T.  ROGERS 

SAMUEL  F.  RATHVON 

To  serv?  until  October,  1894 

WILLIAM  R.  BARBOUR 

HERMAN  C.  JOY 

R.  HEBER  SMITH 

JOEL  F.  VAILE 

HENRY  E.  WOOD 


Officer?,  1 89 1 -1892 


HENRY  T.  ROGERS 


JOHN  L.  JEROME 

Secretary 

EDWIN  N.  HAWKINS 


HERMAN  C.  JOY 


1891-92 


Executive 

CHARLES   W.  BADGLEY 

WILLIAM   R.  BARBOUR 

SAMUEL   F.  RATHVON 

HENRY   T.  ROGERS 

CHARLES   H.  TOLL 


Corprpittee  or)  Literature  ai)<J  /Vrt 

CHARLES   R.  DUDLEY 

R.  HEBER  SMITH 

JOEL   F.  VAILE 


CorrjiTjittee? 

1891-92 


on  /Vclrrjissioos 

To  $erv*  until  October,  1  892 

J.  TROWBRIDGE  BAILEY 
GEORGE  Z.  DIMMITT 

SAMUEL  A.  FISK 

JOHN  L.  JEROME,  CHAIRMAN 

HENRY  F.  MAY 

To  serve  until  October,  I  893 

LUCIUS  M.  CUTHBERT 

CHARLES  R.  DUDLEY 

LEIGHTON  HOWARD-SMITH 

BYRON  C.  LEAVITT 

EDWARD  B.  MORGAN 

To  serve  until  October,   I  894 

ALLAN   M.  CULVER 

THOMAS  H.  HARDCASTLE,  SECRETARY 

ALBERT  E.  PATTISON 

HENRY  T.  ROGERS 
THOMAS  B.  STEARNS 


Article?  of  Incorporation 

of 

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Know  all  men  by  these  presents -,  That 
we,  John  L.  Jerome,  William  R.  Barbour, 
George  Z.  Dimmitt,  Henry  F.  May, 
Henry  T.  Rogers,  R.  Heber  Smith,  Lam- 
bert Sternbergh,  Allan  M.  Culver,  Charles 
H.  Toll,  Charles  R.  Dudley,  and  Edwin 
N.  Hawkins,  all  residents  of  the  City  of 
Denver  and  State  of  Colorado,  and 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  being 
desirous  of  associating  ourselves  for 
social  purposes  and  not  for  pecuniary 
profit,  and  by  virtue  and  in  pursuance  of 
the  provisions  of  Chapter  19  of  the 
General  Statutes  of  Colorado,  and  the 


acts  amendatory  thereof  and  supplemen- 
tary thereto,  do  hereby  associate  ourselves 
together  as  a  body  corporate,  and  we  do 
hereby  make,  execute  and  acknowledge 
this  our  certificate  in  writing  of  our 
intention  to  so  become  a  body  corporate, 
not  for  pecuniary  profit,  and  therefore 
state  and  set  forth  : 

First — The  corporate  name  of  our 
said  association  and  corporation  shall  be 
THE  UNIVERSITY  CLUB. 

Second — The  objects  for  which  our 
said  association  is  formed,  shall  be  to 
promote  social  intercourse  among  our- 
selves and  associates  in  said  Club,  the 
encouragement  of  literature  and  art,  and 
the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a 
library,  reading-room  and  club  house  for 
the  use  of  ourselves  and  associates,  with 
all  the  appurtenances,  belongings,  matters 
and  things  usual  or  desirable  in  connection 
therewith. 

Third—  The  number  of  directors  to 
manage  the  said  Club  or  association  shall 

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be  thirteen ;  but  the  members  of  said 
Club  shall  have  power  to  increase  the 
number  of  the  directors,  if  at  any  time 
they  desire  so  to  do,  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  the  Constitution  or  By-laws 
of  the  Club. 

Fourth — The  following  are  the  names 
of  the  directors  of  such  Club  or  Associa- 
tion for  the  first  year  of  its  existence, 
to-wit :  Charles  H.  Toll,  John  L.  Jerome, 
Charles  R.  Dudley,  Herman  C.  Joy,  R. 
Heber  Smith,  William  R.  Barbour,  Oscar 
J.  Pfeiffer,  Lambert  Sternbergh,  Edwin 
N.  Hawkins,  Henry  T.  Rogers,  Allan  M. 
Culver,  Henry  F.  May,  and  George  Z. 
Dimmitt. 

Fifth  —  The  principal  operations  of 
said  Club  shall  be  carried  on  in  the  City 
of  Denver,  County  of  Arapahoe,  and 
State  of  Colorado,  and  the  Club  House 
shall  be  maintained  in  said  City. 

Sixth — The  directors  of  said  Club  or 
association  shall  have  power,  from  time 
to  time,  to  made  such  prudential  by-laws 
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as  they  shall  deem  proper  for  the  manage- 
ment of  the  affairs  of  said  Club,  and  for 
the  government  and  management  of  its 
business,  and  for  the  qualifications  and 
conduct  of  its  members. 

In  witness  whereof >  We  have  to  this 
certificate  respectively  signed  our  names 
on  this,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  January, 

A.  D. 1891. 

JOHN  L.  JEROME 
WIU,IAM  R.  BARBOUR 
GEORGE  Z.  DIMMITT 
HENRY  F.  MAY 
HENRY  T.  ROGERS 
R.  HEBER  SMITH 
LAMBERT  STERNBERGH 
Aiyi^AN  M.  CULVER 
CHARGES  H.  Tou, 
CHARGES  R.  DUDLEY 
EDWIN  N.  HAWKINS 

The  foregoing  certificate  was  acknowl- 
edged January  29, 1891,  and  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  January 
31,  1891. 


Constitution 


ARTICLE  I 


The  name  of  this  association  is  THE 
UNIVERSITY  CLUB. 

ARTICLE  II 

Officers 

The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  be  a 
President,  Vice-  President,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer. 

ARTICLE  III 

Duties  of  Officers 

Section  i  —  President.  —  The  President, 
or,  in  his  absence,  the  Vice-President, 
shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  Club 
and  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  In  the 


event  of  their  absence,  the  Club  or  Board 
of  Directors  may  elect  its  presiding  officer. 
The  President  shall  sign  all  written  con- 
tracts and  obligations  of  the  Club,  and 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
Board  of  Directors  or  the  Club  may 
assign  him. 

Sec.  2  —  Treasurer.  —  The  Treasurer 
shall  collect  all  admission  fees  and  all 
dues,  and  shall  keep  the  accounts  of  the 
Club  and  report  thereon  at  each  regular 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  He 
shall  pay  all  bills  on  the  certificate  of 
their  correctness  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

Sec.  3  —  Secretary.  —  The  Secretary 
shall  give  notice  of  all  meetings  of  the 
Club  and  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and 
shall  keep  minutes  of  such  meetings. 
He  shall  conduct  the  correspondence  and 
keep  the  records  of  the  Club.  He  shall 
notify  persons  elected  to  membership  of 
their  election,  and  shall  be  the  keeper  of 
the  corporate  seal  of  the  Club. 


Sec.  4  —  Vice-President.  —  In  the  case 
of  the  absence,  resignation,  death  or 
removal  from  office  of  the  President,  the 
Vice-President  shall  perform  all  duties 
pertaining  to  the  office  of  President 
during  the  continuance  of  such  absence 
or  vacancy. 

ARTICLE  IV 

A\cctirjgs  of  tfte  Club 

Section  i. — There  shall  be  an  annual 
meeting  of  the  Club  at  the  Club  house, 
on  the  last  Wednesday  of  October  in 
each  year,  at  8  o'clock  P.  M. 

Sec.  2. — Forty  resident  members  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  at  all  Club  meet- 
ings. If  there  be  no  quorum  before  the 
hour  of  nine  o'clock,  the  presiding  officer 
shall  adjourn  the  meeting  from  time  to 
time  until  a  quorum  shall  be  had,  and 
notice  of  every  such  adjournment  shall 
be  given  as  hereinafter  provided  for 
service  of  notice. 

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Sec.  3 — Order  of  Business. — 

1.  Roll  Call 

2.  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  last 

meeting 

3.  Reports  of  Officers 

4.  Reports  of  Committees 

5.  General  Business 

6.  Election  of  Officers 

Sec.  4.  —  Election  of  Officers. —  At  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Club  to  be  held 
on  the  last  Wednesday  of  October,  1891, 
the  Club  shall  ballot  for  fifteen  directors, 
and  the  directors  so  elected  shall  divide 
themselves  by  lot  into  three  classes  of 
five  members  each  ;  one  of  such  classes 
shall  hold  office  for  three  years,  one  for 
two  years,  and  the  third  for  one  year ; 
and  at  each  annual  meeting  thererafter 
the  Club  shall  ballot  for  five  directors  to 
take  the  place  of  the  outgoing  class. 
Vacancies  occurring  in  the  Board  of 
Directors  shall  be  temporarily  filled  by  a 
vote  of  the  Board;  but  at  the  next  annual 
meeting  after  the  occurrence  of  such 


vacancy,  a  director  shall  be  elected  to  serve 
the  unexpired  portion  of  such  term. 

See.  5 — Special  Meetings. — Upon  the 
written  request  of  twenty-five  members 
of  the  Club,  the  Directors  shall  call  a 
special  meeting  of  the  Club;  such  request, 
as  well  as  the  notice  of  the  meeting,  shall 
state  the  objects  for  which  the  meeting  is 
called,  and  at  a  special  meeting,  no  sub- 
ject not  so  stated  shall  be  considered. 
Notices  of  any  meeting,  whether  annual 
or  special,  shall  be  posted  in  the  rooms 
of  the  Club  for  at  least  one  week  preceding 
the  meeting,  and  a  notice  in  writing  shall 
also  be  sent  to  each  resident  member  of 
the  Club  at  least  ten  days  preceding  the 
meeting.  Special  meetings  may  also  be 
called  at  any  time  by  order  of  the  Board 
of  Directors. 

ARTICLE  V 

Boar4  of  Directors 

Section  i.  —  The  Board  of  Directors 
shall  have  general  charge  of  the  affairs, 

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funds,  and  property  of  the  Club ;  the/ 
shall  have  full  power,  and  it  shall  be 
their  duty,  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of 
the  Club  according  to  its  charter,  consti- 
tution and  by-laws. 

Sec.  2. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall, 
as  soon  as  may  be  after  each  annual 
meeting,  elect  from  its  own  body  a 
President,  Vice-President,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  who  shall  hold  office  until  the 
next  annual  election,  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected. 

Sec.  j. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
submit,  at  each  annual  meeting,  a  general 
report  of  the  affairs  of  the  Club,  with  an 
estimate  for  the  ensuing  year,  which 
shall  be  printed  and  distributed  to  the 
members  five  days  before  the  annual 
meeting,  and  the  Board  of  Directors  shall 
report  at  other  times  if  required. 

Sec.  4.. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
meet  once  a  month,  and  special  meetings 
may  be  called  by  order  of  the  President 
or  of  any  three  Directors.  A  majority 


of  the  members  of  the  Board  shall 
constitute  a  quorum. 

Sec.  5. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
prescribe  the  rules  for  the  admission  of 
strangers  to  the  privileges  of  the  Club. 

Sec.  6. — The  Board  of  Directors  may 
fill  any  vacancy  in  its  body  by  election 
of  a  member  to  hold  office  until  the  next 
annual  election. 

Sec.  7. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
have  power  to  remit  penalties  for  offenses 
against  the  rules,  and  for  unintentional 
violations  of  the  constitution. 

ARTICLE  VI 

Qualification  of  AVcnjbcr5 

Section  i. — Any  man  shall  be  eligible 
to  membership  in  this  Club,  who  has 
received  from  a  University  or  College  a 
degree,  to  obtain  which,  in  regular  course, 
at  least  two  years'  residence  and  study 
are  required,  or  who  shall  have  received 
an  honorary  degree  from  such  University 
or  College,  or  who  shall  have  graduated 
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at  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  or 
at  the  United  States  Naval  Academy ; 
provided  that  a  candidate  who  holds  an 
honorary  degree  only  shall  be  distin- 
guished in  art,  literature,  science,  or  the 
public  service  ;  and  provided  that  profes- 
sional degrees  shall  entitle  to  membership 
only  when  given  by  such  University  or 
College  as  shall  be  designated  by  the 
Board  of  Directors,  and  the  list  of  such 
Universities  and  Colleges  shall  be  posted 
in  the  rooms  of  the  Club. 

Sec.  2. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
determine  what  degrees  from  what  for- 
eign Universities  shall  qualify  holders 
thereof  for  membership. 

ARTICLE  VII 

Con?n?iitee  017  A4n?i$?ioi?s 

Section  i. — Prior  to  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Club,  to  be  held  on  the  last 
Wednesday  in  October,  1891,  the  Board 
of  Directors  shall  act  as  the  Committee  on 
Admissions,  and  be  governed  by  the  rules 
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hereinafter  prescribed  for  the  government 
of  the  Committee  on  Admissions. 

Sec.  2. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Club 
held  on  the  last  Wednesday  in  October, 
1891,  there  shall  be  elected  a  committee 
of  fifteen,  who  shall  be  known  as  the 
Committee  on  Admissions.  Such  com- 
mittee, immediately  after  its  election, 
shall  divide  itself  by  lot  into  three  classes 
of  five  each,  one  of  which  classes  shall 
serve  for-three  years,  one  for  two  years, 
and  the  third  for  one  year.  At  each 
annual  election  thereafter,  five  members 
of  the  Club  shall  be  elected  to  take  the 
place  of  the  outgoing  class,  and  to  serve 
for  three  years  on  the  Committee  on 
Admissions.  Vacancies  arising  during  the 
year  may  be  filled  by  the  Committee, 
but  at  each  annual  election  members 
shall  be  elected  by  ballot  of  the  Club  to 
fill  such  vacancies. 

Sec.  j. — Eight  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  all 
candidates  for  admission  shall  be  voted 
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for  by  ballot,  and  two  negative  votes 
shall  be  a  rejection  of  the  candidate.  The 
names  of  the  Committee  shall  remain 
posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  Club 
rooms.  The  name,  residence  and  college, 
or  place  of  instruction,  and  the  date  of 
the  degree  of  every  person  proposed  for 
admission,  with  the  names  of  the  mem- 
bers proposing  and  seconding,  shall  be 
exposed  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the 
Club  house  for  at  least  two  weeks.  The 
matter  shall  then  be  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Admissions.  The  proceedings 
of  the  Committee  shall  be  secret  and 
confidential.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Committee,  after  careful  consideration 
and  examination,  to  vote  upon  each  name 
separately. 

ARTICLE  VIII 


Section  i.  —  The  resident  membership 
of  the  Club  shall  be  limited  to  two 
hundred. 

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Sec.  2. — Not  to  exceed  five  life  mem- 
bers may  be  admitted,  or  qualified  from 
the  present  membership,  upon  payment 
of  a  membership  fee  of  five  hundred 
dollars.  Such  members  shall  have  all 
the  privileges  of  resident  members  and 
be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  annual 
dues. 

ARTICLE   IX 

Resignations 

Section  i. —  Resignations  of  member- 
ships shall  be  made  to  the  Secretary  in 
writing,  and  no  resignation  shall  be 
accepted  unless  the  member  presenting  it 
has  paid  all  current  indebtedness  to  the 
Club,  including  the  dues  for  the  quarter 
during  which  said  resignation  takes  effect. 

ARTICLE  X 

Dues 

Section  i. — The  admission  fee  shall  be 
fifty  dollars  for  resident  members,  and 
twenty-five  dollars  for  non-resident  mem- 
si 


bers;  but  every  non-resident  member 
who  shall  become  a  resident  member 
shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  an  amount 
equal  to  the  difference  between  his  origi- 
nal admission  fee,  and  the  admission  fee 
for  resident  members  at  the  time  of  his 
admission  as  a  non-resident  member ; 
and  a  failure  to  pay  said  sum  shall  be 
considered  a  failure  to  pay  dues,  and 
shall  subject  the  member  to  the  penalties 
prescribed  for  the  failure  to  pay  dues. 

Sec.  2. — The  annual  dues  of  resident 
members  shall  be  fifty  dollars,  and  of 
non-resident  members  twenty-five  dol- 
lars, payable  quarterly  in  advance. 

Sec.  j.  —  A  person  not  residing  or 
having  a  place  of  business  within  ten 
miles  of  the  Club  house,  may  be  elected 
a  non-resident  member,  and  any  member 
who  removes  his  residence  or  place  of 
business  a  distance  of  not  less  than  ten 
miles  from  the  Club  house,  on  written 
notice  to  the  Treasurer  shall  become  a 
non-resident  member. 
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Sec.  4. —  Non-resident  members  shall 
not  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  meeting  of 
the  Club  or  to  hold  any  office. 

Sec.  5. — Candidates  elected,  on  pay- 
ment of  the  admission  fee  and  of  the 
dues  of  the  current  quarter,  shall  become 
members  of  the  Club,  and  the  election  of 
any  candidate  shall  be  void  if  he  fail  to 
make  such  payment  within  thirty  days 
after  notice  of  his  election  is  mailed, 
addressed  to  him  at  the  place  given  as  his 
residence  on  the  posted  list  of  candidates. 

Sec.  6. — Should  the  dues  of  any  mem- 
ber remain  unpaid  for  the  space  of  one 
month,  the  Treasurer  shall  notify  him  in 
writing  that  unless  his  dues  are  paid 
within  one  month  from  the  date  of  such 
notice,  his  membership  shall  cease ;  and 
unless  such  dues  are  paid  pursuant  to 
such  notice,  or  such  default  is  accounted 
for  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  he  shall  thereupon  cease  to  be 
a  member  of  the  Club. 

Sec.  7. —  In  case  of  absence   of  any 

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resident  member  of  the  Club  for  a  period 
of  six  consecutive  months  or  more,  the 
Board  of  Directors  may  make  such 
remission  of  dues  in  his  favor  as  they 
may  think  proper. 

ARTICLE   XI 

Discipline 

Section  i. — Any  member  may  be  sus- 
pended, expelled  or  reprimanded  for  cause, 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Directors;  provided, 
that  before  any  member  of  the  Club  is 
disciplined  by  the  Board  of  Directors  he 
shall  be  entitled  to  at  least  one  week's 
notice,  in  writing,  of  the  charges  pre- 
ferred against  him,  the  time  and  place 
when  the  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be 
held  to  consider  the  same,  and  shall  be 
given  an  opportunity  to  present  any 
defense  which  he  may  have  at  such 
meeting  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  2. — The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
have  full  authority  to  discipline  any 
member  in  the  manner  above  provided, 

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for  conduct  deemed  by  the  Board  det- 
rimental to  the  welfare,  interests  or 
character  of  the  Club. 

Sec.  3. —  At  any  time  within  thirty 
days  after  a  sentence  of  expulsion,  a 
meeting  of  the  Club  to  consider  the  same 
shall  be  called,  if  a  written  request  be 
made  by  twelve  members  thereof  to  the 
President.  At  such  meeting  an  appeal 
may  be  taken  from  the  decision  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  and  the  member 
expelled  may  be  restored  by  a  vote  of  a 
majority  of  the  members  present. 

ARTICLE  XII 

Rules 

Section  i. — The  Board  of  Directors 
shall  prepare  and  enforce  rules  regulating 
the  use  of  the  Club  rooms. 

Sec.  2. — The  Board  of  Directors  and 
Committee  on  Admissions  shall  each 
have  power  to  make  rules  for  its  govern- 
ment, and  to  prescribe  and  enforce  penal- 
ties for  the  violation  of  such  rules. 

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ARTICLE  XIII 

of  Conjnjittees 

The  Board  of  Directors  shall  appoint 
from  its  own  members  an  Executive 
Committee  and  a  Committee  on  Liter- 
ature and  Art,  to  be  standing  committees 
for  the  current  year.  The  first  Board  of 
Directors  shall  also  appoint  a  Member- 
ship Committee  of  five  persons,  who 
shall  consider  all  applications  for  mem- 
bership and  report  the  same  to  the  Board. 

ARTICLE  XIV 

Executive  Conjnjittee 

The  Executive  Committee  shall  make 
all  purchases  authorized  by  the  Board; 
regulate  the  price  to  be  charged  upon  all 
articles  to  be  served  in  the  Club;  report 
the  names  of  such  members  as  are  in 
arrears,  and  the  sums  they  respectively 
owe;  appoint  such  sub-committees  as 
they  may  deem  proper;  employ  and 
discharge  servants,  and  have  a  general 
supervision  of  the  internal  economy  and 
regulation  of  the  Club. 
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ARTICLE  XV 

Corrjnjittee  or)  Literature  a.n<l  Art 

This  committee,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  shall  have  charge 
of  the  reading-room,  and  of  all  books 
and  works  of  art  belonging  to  the  Club, 
and  shall  have  power  to  solicit  donations 
and  select  and  purchase  books,  periodicals 
and  works  of  art  for  the  Club. 

ARTICLE  XVI 

ffotic*  to  7^\enjber5 

Any  member  may  enter  in  a  book  to 
be  kept  at  the  office,  a  mail  address,  to 
which  all  notices  to  be  sent  to  him  under 
the  Constitution  or  Rules  shall  be  directed. 
In  default  of  such  entry,  notices  shall  be 
served  by  depositing  them  in  the  Club 
letter  box,  addressed  to  the  member,  who 
shall  be  held  to  have  received  them  one 
week  after  they  shall  have  been  so  mailed 
or  deposited. 


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ARTICLE  XVII 


The  Constitution  may  be  amended  at 
any  meeting  of  the  Club  by  a  vote  of  a 
majority.  Notices  of  proposed  amend- 
ments shall  be  furnished  to  the  Secretary 
and  posted  in  the  Club  house  at  least 
twenty  days  before  the  meeting  at  which 
it  is  proposed  to  consider  them,  and  the 
Secretary  shall  cause  such  notices  to  be 
printed  and  sent  to  each  member,  at  least 
ten  days  before  such  meeting. 


Rules  for  tb*  Government 

of  tbc 

Board  of  Director? 

• 

Meetings 

1. — The  regular  monthly  meeting  of 
the  Board  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  each  month,  at  8  o'clock 

P.  M. 

Officers 

2.— At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board 
following  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Club,  the  officers  provided  for  by  the 
Constitution  shall  be  elected  by  ballot. 

Proceedings 

3. — The  proceedings,  actions  and  de- 
liberations of  the  Board  shall  be  considered 
secret,  and  shall  not  be  discussed  with 
any  person  outside  the  Board. 

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4. — The  ayes  and  noes  on  any  motion 
before  the  Board  shall  be  called  and 
recorded  by  the  Secretary  at  the  request 
of  any  two  members,  and  such  call  shall 
be  in  order  at  any  time  before  any  other 
motion  shall  be  made. 
Fines 

5. — A  fine  of  one  dollar  shall  be  levied 
upon  every  member  who  shall  not  be 
present  within  fifteen  minutes  after  the 
hour  appointed  for  any  regular  or  special 
meeting;  but  such  fine  may  be  remitted 
by  the  Board  for  good  cause  shown. 
Committees 

6.— The  Board  shall,  at  its  first  meet- 
ing, appoint  an  Executive  Committee, 
consisting  of  five  members,  of  which  the 
President  shall  be  one;  also  a  Committee 
on  Literature  and  Art,  consisting  of  three 

members. 

Rules 

7. — These  rules  may  be  amended  or 
added  to  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board,  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  Board. 


Extracts  fronrj  tbe  Rules 

for  tbe  Government  of  tb* 

©orrjrnittee  017 


Meetings  of  the  Committee 

5. — A  stated  meeting  of  the  Committee 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  each 
month,  at  8  o'clock  P.  M. 

6. — Special  meetings  of  the  Committee 
shall  be  called  by  the  Secretary,  on  the 
direction  of  the  Chairman,  or  the  written 
request  of  three  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee. 

Candidates  for  Admission 

11. — Every  proposer  of  a-  candidate 
shall  state  in  his  formal  proposal  the 
college  at  which  the  candidate  graduated, 
the  degree  obtained  by  him,  the  year  in 


which  he  received  such  degree,  his 
residence,  and  his  profession  or  occu- 
pation. If  he  have  no  occupation,  that  - 
fact  shall  be  stated.  Upon  the  receipt  by 
the  Secretary  of  such  formal  proposal, 
duly  signed  by  one  member  of  the  Club 
as  proposer,  and  by  one  or  more  mem- 
bers of  the  Club  as  seconders,  the  name, 
college,  degree,  date  of  graduation  and 
residence  of  the  candidate,  shall  be 
exposed  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the 
Club  house  for  at  least  two  weeks;  after 
the  expiration  of  which  time,  but  not 
before,  the  name  of  the  candidate  may 
be  called  up  for  consideration  by  the 
Committee. 

12. — Every  proposer  of  a  candidate  is 
required  to  send  to  the  Committee  on 
Admissions,  in  addition  to  his  formal 
proposal,  a  letter  of  recommendation 
stating  the  facts  required  to  be  stated  in 
the  formal  proposal,  and  also  such  state- 
ment of  the  qualifications  of  the  candidate 
as  the  proposer  may  deem  proper.  Letters 


of  recommendation  are  also  required 
from  all  persons  seconding  the  nomi- 
nation of  candidates.  Any  member  of 
the  Club  may  also  send  to  the  Com- 
mittee a  letter  stating  such  facts,  with 
reference  to  any  candidate,  as  he  may 
deem  proper  for  the  consideration  of  the 
Committee.  All  letters  to  the  Committee 
shall  be  considered  by  them  as  strictly 
confidential,  and  the  contents  thereof 
shall  not  be  communicated  to  any  person 
not  a  member  of  the  Committee.  If  the 
name  of  a  candidate  is  called  up  for 
consideration  by  the  Committee  and  it 
shall  then  appear  that  the  proposer  or 
any  of  the  seconders  of  such  candidate 
has  failed  to  send  a  letter  of  recommend- 
ation, as  required  by  this  rule,  the  name 
of  the  candidate  shall  be  passed,  and  the 
Secretary  shall  at  once  notify  the  pro- 
poser and  all  seconders  of  such  candidate 
who  have  failed  to  send  such  letters, 
that  the  nomination  cannot  be  acted  upon 
without  a  compliance  with  this  rule.  In 

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case  this  rule  has  not  been  fully  complied 
with  before  the  next  following  stated 
meeting,  the  candidate  shall  be  deemed 
withdrawn,  his  name  dropped  froiii  the 
list,  and  his  proposer  and  seconders 
notified  of  the  fact. 

13. — The  name  of  a  candidate  for 
non-resident  membership  shall  not  be 
considered  by  the  Committee,  unless  a 
letter  respecting  his  candidacy  shall  have 
been  received  from  a  resident  member  of 
the  Club,  or  unless  such  candidate  shall 
be  personally  known  to  some  member  of 
the  Committee  present  at  the  time  when 
the  name  of  such  candidate  shall  be 
called  up  for  consideration. 

14. — Letters,  except  those  of  the  pro- 
poser and  seconders,  relating  to  candidates 
whose  names  have  been  finally  acted 
upon,  shall  forthwith  be  destroyed,  unless 
by  a  vote  of  the  Committee  the  Secre- 
tary be  directed  to  preserve  any  particular 
letter  or  letters. 

15. — Candidates  for  resident  member- 


ship  must  be  personally  known  to  at  least 
one  member  -of  the  Committee  present 
at  the  time  their  names  shall  be  called  up 
for  consideration.  If  no  member  of  the 
Committee  present  at  such  time  is 
personally  acquainted  with  the  candidate, 
the  name  of  the  candidate  shall  be  passed. 


Hous*  Rule? 


Hours 

The  Club  House  will  be  open  every 
day  from  seven  (7)  A.  M. 

The  wine  room  will  be  closed  at  mid- 
night, and  no  member  except  lodgers 
will  be  admitted  to  the  Club  House  after 
that  hour. 

Restrictions 

No  member,  guest  or  visitor,  shall 
give  any  money  or  gratuity  to  the  ser- 
vants of  the  Club. 

Members  shall  not  take  from  the  Club 
House  any  article  belonging  to  the  Club. 

No  subscription  paper  shall  be  circu- 
lated, nor  any  article  exposed  for  sale  in 
the  Club  House,  without  the  authority  of 
the  Executive  Committee. 


No  member  shall  use  a  billiard  table 
for  more  than  three  consecutive  games, 
to  the  exclusion  of  others  desiring  to 
play. 

Any  glassware  or  other  property  of  the 
Club  broken  or  injured  by  any  member, 
shall  be  paid  for  by  him. 

Notices  shall  not  be  posted  on  the 
bulletin  board,  except  upon  the  authority 
or  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

No  picture  or  decoration  shall  be  placed 
in  the  Club  House,  except  with  the 
approval  of  the  Committee  on  Literature 
and  Art. 

No  member  of  the  Club  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  send  any  employe  out  of  the 
Club  House  for  any  purpose,  or  to  call 
upon  him  for  any  service  that  takes  him 
away  from  his  duties  at  the  Club  House. 
Games 

Betting  in  the  Club  House  will  be 
restricted  to  twenty-five  (25)  cents  per 
rubber  point  at  whist,  and  ten  (10)  cents 
per  heart  in  the  game  of  hearts. 

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No  other  game  for  a  wager  of  more 
than  twenty-five  (25)  cents  per  game 
will  be  allowed. 

Poker  and  other  well-known  gambling 
games  are  positively  prohibited.  Any 
violation  of  this  rule  will  render  the 
offending  member  liable  to  suspension. 

Complaints 

Complaints  or  suggestions  must  be 
addressed  to  the  Board  of  Directors,  and 
signed  by  the  member  making  the  same. 
They  may  be  delivered  to  the  Steward, 
or  deposited  in  the  box  provided  for  that 
purpose  in  the  office  of  the  Club. 

Indebtedness 

Members  are  requested  to  sign  cards 
for  all  orders. 

A  statement  of  the  account  of  each 
member  will  be  rendered  on  the  last  day 
of  each  month,  and  if  not  paid  by  the 
fifteenth  of  the  following  month,  the 
name  of  the  member  whose  account  is 
then  unpaid  and  the  amount  of  his 


indebtedness,    will    be    posted    on    the 
bulletin  board  until  paid. 

If  any  member  who  is  posted  for  an 
indebtedness  does  not  discharge  the  same 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  following 
month,  he  will  have  no  further  credit 
extended  to  him,  until  such  account  shall 
have  been  paid. 

Steward '  s  Report 

The  Steward  is  instructed  to  report  to 
the  Board  of  Directors  at  each  meeting, 
the  names  of  any  members  of  the  Club 
who  have  violated  any  of  the  rules  or 
regulations  of  the  Club.  He  shall  also 
report  the  names  of  any  members  whose 
accounts  are  in  arrears. 

Privileges  of  Club  House 

A  member  may  invite  a  stranger  to  the 
use  of  the  Club  House  for  one  day,  by 
recording  his  name  upon  the  visitors' 
book,  but  can  have  no  more  than  two 
guests  at  a  time. 

Upon  the  request  of  a  member,  and 
the  written  assent  of  a  member  of  the 

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Board  of  Directors,  a  card  of  invitation 
will  be  issued  to  a  stranger  for  two 
weeks,  and  such  invitation  may  be 
repeated  if  the  stranger  has  been  absent 
from  the  city  for  three  months.  The 
invitation  to  a  stranger  may  be  extended 
beyond  two  weeks,  for  a  period  not 
exceeding  sixty  days,  upon  payment  of  a 
fee  of  five  dollars  ($5)  for  each  two 
weeks. 

No  invitation  can  be  extended  beyond 
sixty  days  except  upon  the  order  of  the 
Board  of  Directors. 

The  Board  of  Directors  may  revoke 
any  invitation  at  any  time. 

The  names  and  places  of  residence  of 
strangers,  and  the  names  of  the  members 
inviting  them,  must  be  recorded,  and  hosts 
are  held  responsible  for  their  guests. 


List  of 

1st,  1892 


A\eri)bers 

BADGLEY,  CHARGES  W., 

1805  Market  Street 

BAILEY,  ].  TROWBRIDGE, 

Boston  Building 

BARBOUR,  WILIJAM  R., 

Colorado  National  Bank  Building 

BARTERS,  GUSTAVE  C., 

People's  National  Bank  Building 

BARTER,  Louis  F., 

813  Seventeenth  Street 

BERGER,  GEORGE  B., 


Colorado  National  Bank 


BLOOD,  JAMES  H., 

People's  National  Bank  Building 

BOAL,  THEODORE  H., 

Jacobson  Building 

BRYANT,  WIUJAM  H., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 


CATTANACH,  ANDREW  J., 

701  Fourteenth  Street 

CHANUTE,  ARTHUR, 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

CHURCH,  FRANK, 

American  National  Bank 

COOPER,  JOB  A., 

National  Bank  of  Commerce 

COOVER,  DAVID  H., 

Kittredge  Building 

COY,  NATHAN  B., 

Barclay  Building 

CRAIG,  WILLIAM  BAYARD, 

57  South  Broadway 

CULVER,  ALLAN  M., 

1742  Curtis  Street 

CUTHBERT,   LUCIUS  M., 

Boston  Building 

DAVIS,  J.  CULVER, 

1628  Lincoln  Avenue 

DAYTON,  WILLIAM  L., 

Good  Block 

DENISON,  JOHN  H., 

Patterson  &  Thomas  Block 

DIMMITT,  GEORGE  Z., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

DIXON,  EDWARD  Iy., 

Duff  Block 

DUDLEY,  CHARLES  R., 

Mercantile  Library 

ELLIS,  DANIEL  B., 

Boston  Building 

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ESKRIDGE,  JEREMIAH  T., 

Barth  Block 

EVANS,  HOWARD, 

American  National  Bank 

FlSK,  SAMUEL  A. , 

37  Eighteenth  Avenue 

FLEMING,  JOHN  D., 

37  Gettysburg  Building 

FURMAN,  H.  VAN  F., 

1526  High  Street 

GOVE,  AARON, 

2045  Grant  Avenue 

GRANT,  JAMES  B., 

1280  Grant  Avenue 

GREENE,  J.  SIRE, 

Barclay  Building 

HALE,  IRVING, 

537  Sixteenth  Street 

HALLETT,  MOSES, 

U.  S.  District  Court 

HARDCASTLE,  THOMAS  H.. 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

HAWKINS,  EDWIN  N., 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

HAWKINS,  J.  DAWSON, 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

HELM,  JOSEPH  C., 

Barclay  Building 

HERR,  WILLIS  B., 

1646  Arapahoe  Street 

HERSHEY,  EDWIN  P., 

1045  South  Fifteenth  Street 

HILL,  CRAWFORD, 

Boston  Building 

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Hiu,,  NATHANIEL  P., 

Boston  Building 

HOBSON,  HENRY  W., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

HOWARD-SMITH,  LEIGHTON, 

1632  California  Street 

HUDSON,  GRANT  I,., 

1622  Arapahoe  Street 

HUGHES,  JR.,  CHARGES  J., 

Hughes  Block 

ILES,  MALVERNW., 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

JEROME,  JOHN  L,., 

Colorado  National  Bank  Building 

JOHNSON,  EDWARD  L-, 

Symes  Block 

JOHNSON,  HENRY  V., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

JOY,  HERMAN  C., 

1310  Eighteenth  Street 

KESTNER,  CHRISTIAN  C., 

University  Club 

LEAVITT,  BYRON  C., 

1517  Stout  Street 

LYMAN,  CHARLES  B., 

1517  Stout  Street 

LYNE,  HENRY, 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

MAGUIRE,  WILLIAM  M., 

Clayton  Block 

MAIN,  JOHN  F., 

721  Seventeenth  Street 
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MANLY,  GEORGE  C., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

MAY,  HENRY  F., 

Cheesman  Block 

MILLER,  HENRYS., 

Lennox  Chambers,  1737  California  Street 

MORGAN,  EDWARD  B., 

Patterson  &  Thomas  Block 

MORRIS,  NORMAN  K., 

Denver  Club 

PARMELEE,  HARLAN  P., 

Cheesman  Block 

PATTISON,  ALBERT  E., 

Charles  Building 

PEARCE,  HAROLD  V., 

1712  Sherman  Avenue 

PEARCE,  RICHARD, 

1712  Sherman  Avenue 

PFEIFFER,  OSCAR  J., 

Earth  Block 

PUGH,  MARSHALL  R., 

1702  Champa  Street 

RATHVON,  SAMUEL  F., 

Boston  Building 

RAYMOND,  WILBUR  S., 

Sixteenth  Avenue,  corner  Race  Street 

RIVERS,  EDMUND  C., 

Bancroft  Building 

ROGERS,  HENRY  T., 

Boston  Building 

ROLLINS,  EDWARD  W., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

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RUST,  GEORGE, 

Tabor  Block 

SHAFROTH,  JOHN  F., 

Tabor  Block 

SLEEPER,  JOHN  W., 

Cheesman  Block 

SMITH,  EDWARD  H., 

1742  Curtis  Street 

SMITH,  R.  HEBER, 

Patterson  &  Thomas  Block 

SMITH,  WILLIAM  BUZARD, 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

STEARNS,  THOMAS  B., 

1720  California  Street 

STEARNS,  JR.,  JOEL  W., 

Duff  Block 

STKDMAN,  ARNOLD, 

1405  Welton  Street 

STKRNBKRGH,  LAMBERT, 

Redlands,  California 

TALBOT,  RALPH, 

Patterson  &  Thomas  Block 

TEBBETTS,  JOHN  S., 

Denver  Club 

TEBBETTS,  WILLIAM  B., 

Symes  Block 

THOMAS,  CHARLES  S., 

Ernest-Cranmer  Building 

TOLL,  CHARLES  H., 

Colorado  National  Bank  Building 

TUCKER,  JOHN  H., 

Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

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VAILE,  JOKL  F.x 

Cheesman  Block 

VROOM,  J.  NICOLA, 

Mack  Building 

WADLEIGH,  FRANK  A., 

Cheesman  Block 

WAGNER,  HKNRY  R., 

University  Club 

WEST,  DK  WITT  C., 

1811  Grant  Avenue 

WOI.COTT,  EDWARD  O., 

Cheesman  Block 

WOOD,  HKNRY  E., 

1742  Arapahoe  Street 

WOODWARD,  FRANK  L,., 

1617  Lawrence  Street 

WRIGHT,  FRANK  H., 

1510  Arapahoe  Street 


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ABBOTT,  JAMBS  W., 
BAKER,  JAMES  H., 
CRAGG,  SAMUEL  W., 
DEVEREUX,  HORACE  K., 
DEVEREUX,  WALTER  B., 
DUNHAM,  MAURICE  E., 
EDSALL,  THOMAS  H., 
EHRICH,  LOUIS  R., 
GAST,  CHARLES  E., 
HAGERMAN,  JAMES  J., 
HAGERMAN,  PERCY, 
JAMES,  SAMUEL, 


Ouray 
Boulder 
Gold  Hill 
Aspen 

Glenwood  Springs 
Boulder 

Colorado  Springs 
Colorado  Springs 
Pueblo 

Colorado  Springs 
Colorado  Springs 
Pioche,  Nevada 


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L,AMBERT,  EDWARD  W., 

2  East  37th  St.,  New  York  City 

LOCKE,  BRADFORD  H., 

Central  City 

L,UNT,  HORACE  G., 

Colorado  Springs 

MdNTlRE,  ALBERT  W., 

La  Jara 

MATHEZ,  AUGUSTE, 

Black  Hawk 

NEWBERRY,  WoivCOTT  E. , 

Aspen 

PAI.MER,  CORTI.ANDT  E., 

Aspen 

ROGERS,  EDWARD  M. , 

Aspen 

SiyOCUM,  JR.,  WIUJAM  F., 

Colorado  Springs 

STIMSON,  EDWARD  C., 

Aspen 

TAYLOR,  FRANK  M., 

Aspen 

WILSON,  CHARLES  S., 

Aspen 

WILSON,  JR.,  HENRY  M., 

Pueblo 


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Deceased 

LUTHER  S.  DIXON 


